Body garment



March 16 1926.

L, F. TlGHE BODY GARMENT Filed May 2. 1922 INVENTOR. laraffaz. E YY Patented Mar. 16, 1926.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

LORETTA F. TIGHE, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

BODY GARMENT.

Application filed May 2, 1922. Serial No. 557,877.

To aZZ whom it may concern Be it known that I, LORETTA F. TIGHE, a citizen of the United States, and resident of New York city, in the county of New York.

and State of N ew York, have invented certam new and useful Improvements in Body Garments, of which the following is a specification. r

My invention relates to improvements in body garments andmore particularly to an improved form of brassiere and girdle.

An object of my invention is to provide a garment of attractive and useful construccorselette or combined tion which will retain. the body figure, sup- 1 port the body organs, give proper protection and proper support for other garments.

A further object is to provide a well finished, well proportioned and neat appearing garment having a plurality of continu ous non-elastic panel portions interconnected -with web portions of an elastic nature so arranged as to provide adjustment to the body figure andproper body pressure.

With the foregoing and other objects in view such as will be apparent as the description proceeds, my invention resides in the combination of parts and details of construction referred to and described in this specification, one of the embodiments of .said invention being shown inthe accompanying drawing. I intend no limitations other than those of the claims appended hereto.

In the; drawings:

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of one embodiment of my invention in the shape it assumes when applied to the body of a Figs. 2 and 3 are respectivelybaok and front views of the garment of Fig. 1 with a slight modification.

Fig. 4 is a plan view of the garment when disposed in a plane.

Similar reference characters relate to non-elastic material.

sides of which may be afiixed garters or hose supporters 16, 16, of any desired nature.

J oiningthe frontand rear panel members at the top are under-arm pieces 17, 17, of To the lower edge of each under-arm piece member 1 7 is aflixed a blunt V shaped hip member 18 extending downwardly and terminating in a tab end to which 1s aflixeda garter or hose supporter 19.

Between the front panel 10 and each hip member 18 and between the back panel 11 and each hlpinember are inverted V shaped elastic side members 20, 20, and 21, 21,

respectively. These side members may. be

and preferably are of webbing material either of one width from bottom to under arm piece or of a plurality of strips of varying widths measured up and down. In each case the stretch of'the webbing is in a circumferential direction.

The garment is fastened together in place on the body-by fastening means near one edge of the front panel 10 preferably the left side edge of the wearer as at 22, a strip of non-elastic material 23 being affixed to the adjacent edge of the elastic side member 20 to coact with saidfastening means. As clearlyindicated in Figs. 3 and 4, of the drawing,'the fastening elements are inde pendent to preserve the fleiibility of the girdle brassiere garment at that side.

Shoulder supporting straps 24, 24', are affixed to the garment being preferably attached to the front and rear panels 10 and 11 respectively.

In some garments as for stout bodies, bands are provided as at 25 (Figs. 3 and 4),

these bands being either non-elastic as shown in Figure '4 or elastic as shown in Figure 3, and not fastened at the top or bottom but being secured to either or both the front and back panels at the sides as at 26.

It is apparent that in a garment of this construction I have provided substantially straight front and back lines with direct pull from .the hosesupporters to the shoulders, andprovision for restricted expansion from the'waist downward.

Each lower point or tab of each anel and each side member terminates in a ose supporting member. Six only non-elastic main pieces of material (exclusive of trimming,

and binding members) are used and four only of elastic material mak ng for economlcal product on. The elastic material is so placed as to avoid undesirable body pressure especially on the hips while the stretch of the elastic members is so arranged that an upward pressure is exerted on the front panel to iold the organs properly in place. Provision for the necessary expansion is made by the elastic inserts shown by the portion shown shaded in Fig; i, which are so arranged as. to retain the substantially straight lines of the garment by providing the necessary graduated restriction from the waist downward.

The side front fastening is also provided between the front panel and side member so as to avoid any cutting or interruption of the main pieces of material.

By the inverted V shaped arrangement of the elastic portions and interfittingshape of the hip portions, the proper smooth fitting oi the body is arranged for with the maximum of stretch provided where required especially in a sitting posture, without detriment to the lines of the garment.

What I claim is':

1. In a combination brassiere and girdle,

a front paneland a rear panel, connecting underarm panels aiiixed to both said front and rear panels, triangular hip panels alllxed to said underarm panels and pans of elastic panels non-yieldingly allixed to both said front and rear panels, triangular hip panels ailixed to said underarmpanels and pairs of elastic side members of triangular shape affixed to said hip panels and said front and rear panels respectively.

3. In a combination brassiere and girdle, a one-piece front panel and a one-piece rear panel, connecting non-elastic underarm panels non-yiel'dingly allixed to both said frontand rear panels, triangular hip panels affixed to said underarm panels, pairs of elastic side members of triangular shape afllXElLl to said hip panels and said front and rearpanels respectively, and fastening means adiacent one edge of said front panel.

Signed at New York, in the county of New York and'State of New York, this 28th day of April, A. D. 1022.

LORETTA F. TIGHE. 

